Chelsea players who are out of contract in summer 2018

CHELSEA have one of the biggest squads in world football - and five players are out of contract next summer.

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Nathaniel Chalobah, 22, midfielder

“Hot Chelsea prospects such as Tammy Abraham, Andreas Christensen and Izzy Brown were loaned out last season”

The Blues have a unique squad management system which involves sending more players out on loan than they keep in the actual first-team squad this season.

Last season, for example, hot prospects such as Tammy Abraham, Andreas Christensen and Izzy Brown were loaned out, while players such as Victor Moses and Thibaut Courtois - who have previously been sent away, were integral first team members.

Of the five current Blues players who are going into the final year of their deal - according to Transfermarkt - three were out on loan last season.